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Out Of Touch

Rat’s fanny, dropped again. Seven days at the beach. Seven days with family and friends. Seven days of a little bit of heaven. Seven days with little or no internet access. I know I’m an internet addict, although not as bad as some. My daily routine includes reading the news, checking email (five addresses) and [...]

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July 8, 2011   Posted in: Tales of a Bookseller  3 Comments

CELEBRATE!!!

The winner of The Fat Lady Sings by Kit Sloane is Elaine Charton! YeeHah!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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July 4, 2011   Posted in: Tales of a Bookseller  No Comments

Winners All Around

Congratulations to the winners of books by Eric Van Lustbader— Theresa de Valence—First Daughter Charlie—Blood Trust ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The other night, I had dinner with three friends to celebrate my birthday belatedly. The four of us have been friends for going on 25 years, having first met through our jobs. None of us work together anymore; [...]

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May 28, 2011   Posted in: Tales of a Bookseller  22 Comments

Notes On the McClure/Carson Novels by Eric Van Lustbader

Feeling lucky today? Leave a comment and you’ll be entered in the drawing for a copy of  either First Daughter or Blood Trust. In First Daughter, Eric Van Lustbader, the author of The Bourne Sanction and The Bourne Legacy, introduced street-smart ATF agent Jack McClure, who saved the President’s daughter from a criminal mastermind. Sometimes [...]

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May 26, 2011   Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Tales of a Bookseller  12 Comments

Today’s Lucky ARC Winners!

The winners of the ARC contest— ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brenda—Pretty Is As Pretty Dies by Elizabeth Spann Craig (2009)—Bingo, bridge-and a dead body in the church sanctuary? Life in this small Southern town just got ugly . . . and exciting! No one in Bradley, North Carolina, is exactly crying into their sweet tea over the murder [...]

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May 19, 2011   Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Tales of a Bookseller  No Comments

A Winner—and a New Drawing for Free ARCs!

The winner of Joan Hall Hovey’s Listen to the Shadows is… Julie Godfrey Miller Congratulations, Julie!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And now on to the next contest…leave a comment on this post and any or all other posts between now and next Wednesday evening, May 18th, and you might win one of these older Advance Reading Copies. Every [...]

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May 12, 2011   Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Tales of a Bookseller  26 Comments

Moms Come In All Shapes And Sizes

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May 8, 2011   Posted in: Tales of a Bookseller  No Comments

The End Of An Evil Being

JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE CONGRATULATIONS AND MANY THANKS TO OUR INTELLIGENCE AND MILITARY FORCES WHO ACCOMPLISHED THE TASK

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May 2, 2011   Posted in: Tales of a Bookseller  No Comments

A Late-in-the-Year But Happy Easter

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April 24, 2011   Posted in: Tales of a Bookseller  No Comments

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!!!

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March 17, 2011   Posted in: Tales of a Bookseller  One Comment